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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1963)
Eight words that have changed the lives of thousands of people FROM THE BOOK THAT HAS BROUGHT NEW HOPE, COURAGE, ENERGY, AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH TO MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE THY. eight wonns first traveled from China in a Ii'lter. It was written by a young woman to a doctor who had been especially kind to her. "The words are on a brass plate," she wrote, "in a beautiful Chinese garden. When they were translated for me, I remembered the lines, in your face. How tired you looked! The nurses told me you were in the hospital practically day and nijdit. When you receive this letter, please sit down very quietly and think about the eight words." The next day the doctor went to his office and announced that he was going on his first vacation in many years. (A trip that he later said probably added years to his life.) After his retirement, Dr. Frederic l.oomis wrote an article about his personal experiences. He included the full text of the letter from China. No one was more surprised than he at llie immediate response to the power of these eight simple words. Letters poured ill from all over the world telling of lives redirected . . . of worries and tensions relaxed ... of hope and courage renewed. Words That DO Things for People The eight words that changed the lives of so many people are now included in a book that has come to have a special magic of its own. It is called Light 1'noM Many Lamps. It is a book that searches the past for the w isdom, philoso phy, and inspiration needed for more confident living today, and a more hopeful future. In it ou will find a treasury of thoughts and ideas that DO things for people. For example, do you know the Longfellow poem that Henry Ford credited with inspiring him to effort anil achievement all his life and that Gandhi quoted in times of illness and despair? What is the secret of self-victory that famous novelist A. J. Cronin learned from an old Scotsman just ill time to save himself from failure as a writer;' What are the M words writer David Grayson discovered (in the ancient teachings of Marcus Aurelius) that brought him victory over pain after months of illness. Do you know the "magic motto" an ancient monarch ordered his wise, men to formulate, for guidance in his times of distress 5 words that Kobert Louis Stevenson recalled to ease his pain and which comforted Abraham Lincoln during the darkest days of the Civil War? A New Kind of Book I.icht From Many Lamps is really a new kind of book. Its editor. Lillian Fielder Watson, searched out the lives of great men and women (and of ordinary everyday people) who in a moment of crisis had uttered a phrase or sentence, written a poem or sermon, that has enriched and changed the lives of all who heard or read it. The result is a book whose first edi tion was quickly sold out. It has been a sell-out ill fourteen succeeding editions. Over one hun dred thousand copies are now ill print! Liciit From Many Lamps will be used by you for the rest of your life. You will keep it at your bedside, or on the living room table where you can dip into it when you are de pressed or worried, emotionally upset. You will read or write certain passages to friends who have had a misfortune. You will turn to it again and again whenever you need to over come fear, anger, anxiety, bitterness, sorrow. You May Examine If Free We shall be glad to send you Ltr.iiT From Many Lamps for a week's examination. If you then fed that you are willing In part with it, merely return it and pay nothing. ( If you wish you may also order additional copies as gifts, as so many others have done.) Simply tell us, in the coupon, how many copies you want ami mail it to: Simon and Schiistkh, Inc., Dept. 510, 6.'M) Fifth Avenue. New York 20, New York. Send for this book lodav. A Single Selection May Change The Whole Course of Your Life PARTIAL CONTESTS Til Your Unol. rrr or SIMON AND SCHUSTER, Inc., Dept. 510 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. I'liMM- M-ml mi rui.ii-p iif I.h.iit Khmm Mvny l.vvil fur frrr rinrinntilion. If ml rurmnrnl I hat llii lunik c.i n In- a nimlant wnirce of comfort ami in-pir.ilion. I may f.itiin i In- iHtnttKi in 7 tl.n- and mv imtli in(i. (tllierm- I will keep ttirm uml remit only $.1M." ht copy, phi few cent. poMagc ! pavmenl in full. THE CONQUEST OF FEAR - A tpiotation from Krnerun that re newed an amputee' will In live anil brought Itirn Micress heyond hi wihtc-t dream . . . Captain Scott' inspiring men-age, writ ten as he faced ilea t h in the Antarctic. Knhert IngeriH's un forgettable word- of comfort In the hereavrd parent of a little IhiV. FAITH AND INNER CALM - The pas-age from Miitthru- that mi taineil ('apt a in hddic V. Kick en hacker unit helped to save the live of even men . . . 5 word that brought a -iilfcrniR invalid actre her grealel .ncee and restored her peace of mind . . . Drowning' triumph over the In of hi wife. CONFIDENCE AND ACHIEVE MENT -- The philo-ophy thai helped Ktner-on, Dickon, and Thackeray succeed . . . 9 word that helped to make a London law clerk fa mou. . . , how a great tnmjf -tar encouraged other In j new and happier way of life. LOVE AND FAMILY LIFE - KliJ lth Barrett' love mem, an in spiration In coiintle lover . . . philosopher Will Diirant'ft life long search for the key In happi ne and hi din'nvery. I FOSTAOI. I li-vk hftr if rn. ..mH JV) I llffl fir Villi t4 jit p"tJC ihdlcr. nun unilt-nr (! lull it-lmiil jiilm. CONTENTMENT IN LATER YEARS - Wdliam I.ynti I'lielp' advice on how in prow old grace fully . , . Cicero' ptiiloMipliy on how in make nld age a lieli and happv fulfillment . . . drowning' iri-piring word for iIiom ap proaching "(he lat and hel of life." HOPE FOR THE FUTURE-B word thai -served young KDH a a guidcpot for (he ret of hi life . . . David l.ilienthal' im-m-orahle wind for lhne who fear the future . . . Oliver Wendell ll'ilme' prophetic vi-don f the future. . , . ANn complete chapter on Peace, of Heart and Mind. I'er MUialitv and Letting Along Well with Other, Happine and The Kuovmenl n( Living, toiieand iiiolat(n from uch men and women a Helen Keller . . . Bernard Mann h . . . Kpictetu. Lin Yiitang. Kmilv )ickinon, John Donne. MarieCurir. Kahlil Oihrnn. Omar Khayyam. I. an T-e, H. A. Overtreet. and many other.
